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I actually almost cried at the end of Gates to Infinity. What made it sadder than the other games is the fact that

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Hydreigon tells you that the other Pokemon were going to forget you when you leave even though they end up remembering you even after you've left. But at least you only return to the human world like you were going to in Red/Blue, unlike Time/Darkness/Sky where you were going to disappear forever.

Except Infinity. That looks like it butchered the series and doesn't seem worthy to be a PMD title, so I'm refusing to play it. I was excited for a 3D title, moreso than I care to explain, but it just seems like a cheap knockoff with barely any Pokémon.

I remember when I first beat Red Rescue Team and wouldn't stop crying. It was my first time and I honestly thought that was it. It felt kind of personal because of those weird things you could say like your stomach hurting or the thing about the earth and tricking your partner. What made it worse was when I came back my partner stopped acting like my partner and I just felt weird. Sky got better because your partner still followed you around. I didn't cry afte Dialga but I did cry after Grovyle. I was just like, "Nooooooo!"

I cry everytime at Red/Blue Rescue Team and Explorers of Time/Darkness/Sky. I think I cry in those games because I become so attached to my partner, I don't wanna leave them. I'm not as close to my Gates to Infinity partner, however. They seem like cardboard more than a Pokemon.

I remember back when I was around 14 or so, I would get emotional just because of the music. Specifically, the song that plays when you're running away from your home town is just incredibly sad. I thought if anything, the music does an absolutely incredible job of portraying the emotion of each moment in the game, so huge credit to the composers for that.

I only played through Sky, and at the end, after the credits rolled, I had the close the DS before I exploded in a mass of tears. I never cried whilst playing the game. But when I listen to the music?
I only ever cry from this game from giddy nostalgia. If I listen to the treasure town theme, I may as well ball up in a corner and cry. Which is funny, my first run of the game was only a few years ago.

Merely powering up my DS and loading MD Blue gets me bawling. The title screen music crushes me with nostalgia and feels.
The endings, much like everyone else, get me every time too. Seeing your partner all D: after your character starts speaking REAL LINES COMPOSED OF WORDS OTHER THAN 'yes' AND 'we fly up in a rocket' smashes me with feels. My character is actually saying actual things. I mean, you pretty much go through the entire game with you stringing well thought out sentences only in your dreams or thoughts, so to your partner you are near silent... until it's time to go, and you say everything before you seemingly go too D':

I remember tearing up at bit in the ending when I first beat Blue rescue team. Explorers of time was pretty sad too :( This series was truly amazing, but from the little I've played of the newest version it doesn't seem the same.

I actually almost cried at the end of Gates to Infinity. What made it sadder than the other games is the fact that

Spoiler:

Hydreigon tells you that the other Pokemon were going to forget you when you leave even though they end up remembering you even after you've left. But at least you only return to the human world like you were going to in Red/Blue, unlike Time/Darkness/Sky where you were going to disappear forever.

OMG I HATE GATES TO INFINITY IS SO LACKLUSTER AND GAAAAY Just kidding. I liked it. The older games were too hard.

I always felt like I was actually my character in-game. Whenever I play a PMD game, I don't know what it is, but I feel attached enough that I'm inclined to give all my team's recruits actual human-like names instead of my usual assortment of nicknames. That could've played a part in it.

I never played the newest version yet, so I don't know much about that, but Red Rescue Team and Explorers of Time...oh my god, I can't even begin how depressed I was. I didn't cry or anything, because it's video games..not a big deal. But I did get depressed.

The only game throughout the franchise that I cried for the intended purpose. Played through all of the series and I feel the second installment was the best out the series Sky/Darkness/Time. Maybe even the best out of the entire franchise for me, and it was something new.

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